TECHNOLOGICAL
SHACK JOB, the new release by Con Demek is a tour-de- force of
experimental mayhem within a tight conceptual framework. Damian
Catera, Steve Lombardi and Roxanne Benedetto weave an alluring
sonic landscape which veers simultaneously towards rock,
experimental power electronics as well as industrial and
improvisational idioms. The strength of this release is its
inability to be easily pinned down within any of the existing
categories of "alternative" music.

SHACKJOB, is also
a concept album which explores the socio-political/psychological
dimensions of humanities relationship with technology including its
inter-mingling with reactionary belief systems. This is
dramatically demonstrated in the six part "Christian Phonesex"
series which is based on secretly recorded prank phone calls to
christian- right "counseling" lines. Other pieces on
SHACKJOB such as "Full" and "Child" explore the
addictive nature of technological consumption. "Strategies
Against Communication" explores the reality- distorting
effects of technological development via vocal experimentation and
machine improvisation. This piece features a contribution from
Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo.

TECHNOLOGICAL
SHACKJOB was recorded at the Harsh House Studios in New York and
New Jersey and was produced and engineered by guitarist/vocalist
Damian Catera.